On view
European Art
Self-Portrait,
1733
Jonathan Richardson, 1665–1745; born and died London, United Kingdom
2017-155
This self-portrait shows the artist dressed informally—wearing a soft cap appropriate for a domestic setting rather than an official wig—but in a formal pose. The author of an important treatise, An Essay on the Theory of Painting (1715), Richardson portrayed himself against a sober background with no sign of his profession as an artist and theorist.
More About This Object
Information
Title
Self-Portrait
Dates
1733
Maker
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
31.5 x 27.6 cm (12 3/8 x 10 7/8 in.)
frame: 45 x 41 x 5.5 cm (17 11/16 x 16 1/8 x 2 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Surdna Fund
Object Number
2017-155
Place Made
England, London
Inscription
Dated, lower right: Aug/ 1733
Culture
Type
Subject
Probably Jonathan Richardson the Younger (1694-1771); probably his posthumous sale, Langford and Son, London, February 18, 1772, lot 45 (‘Richardson Senior, His own portrait’); James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie (1812- 60), before 1861; Lady Susan Georgiana Broun Bourke (1837-98), by whom brought to Colstoun House, Haddington (according to an old handwritten label on the reverse); by descent in the Broun family at Colstoun House; Sotheby’s, London, January 19, 2017, lot 48; Lowell Libson & Jonny Yarker, London; purchase by the Princeton University Art Museum.
